Tag Archives: Southeast
Modeling future earthquake and tsunami threat in southeast Japan
Geoscience researchers unveil new, GPS-based strategies for modeling earthquake-induced tsunamis for southeast Japan alongside the Nankai Trough. A Nankai-induced tsunami is more likely to hit there within the subsequent few a long time, and has the potential to displace 4 … Continue reading
A fossil hunter’s guide to the southeast Yorkshire coast
The stretch of coast from Speeton to Holderness is often forgotten by tourists and fossil collectors alike; certainly compared with places such as Whitby or destinations along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. However, the shore of the East Riding has … Continue reading
Scientists Reveal the Likely Cause of Rare Southeast US Earthquakes
Researchers believe the quakes could be caused by pieces of the Earth’s mantle breaking off and sinking into the planet in the affected area (shown here). They say pieces of the mantle have most likely been breaking off from underneath … Continue reading
Florida archaeological site yields clues to early civilization in southeast US
The discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a Florida river shows that humans settled the southeastern United States as much as 1,500 years earlier than scientists previously believed, according to a research team led by a Florida State … Continue reading
Tectonic irregularity may cause southeast U.S. temblors
USGS map highlighting short-term earthquake risk zones. Blue boxes indicate areas with induced Seismic images of Southeast U.S. show unstable thickness in tectonic plate could be cause of recent quakes In 2011, a powerful earthquake centered deep under central Virginia … Continue reading
Likely cause for recent southeast US earthquakes
By Kristen East The southeastern United States should, by all means, be relatively quiet in terms of seismic activity. It’s located in the interior of the North American Plate, far away from plate boundaries where earthquakes usually occur. But the … Continue reading
Gold and platinum discovered in south-east Irish streams
Precious gold and, for the first time, platinum, deposits have been discovered in streams and rivers in south Leinster, according to the Geological Survey of Ireland?s Tellus Programme. The discovery was made by applying modern testing methods to stream samples … Continue reading
Etna, pouring from the Southeast
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